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Mathematics

Divergent Series

Quick fact

The harmonic series (1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + ...) diverges to infinity, even though its terms get arbitrarily close to zero.

Why this is interesting

You know that adding numbers can lead to infinity—but what if adding an infinite list of shrinking numbers also leads to infinity?